G/TBT/N/BDI/416, G/TBT/N/KEN/1521  
G/TBT/N/RWA/951, G/TBT/N/TZA/1051  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1866  
4 December 2023  
(23-8236) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  BURUNDI, KENYA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unb s.go.ug  
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Women's 
or girls' suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, dresses, skirts, divided skirts, trousers, bi b 
and brace overalls, breeches and shorts (excl. knitted or crocheted, wind -jackets and 
similar articles, slips, petticoats and panties, tracksuits, ski suits and swimwear) (HS 
code(s): 6204); Clothes (ICS code(s): 61.020)  
5. Title, number of pages and la nguage(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 1141 -
4:2023, Textile garments — Specification — Part 4: Skirts and dresses, First Edition; (12 
page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and t est methods for skirts and dresses. This standard does not cover dera dress 
and school uniforms.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Quality requirements; Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and 
facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. DEAS 1141 -1, Textile garments — Specification — Part 1: General requirements  
2. ISO 139, Textiles — Standard atmospheres for conditioning and testing  G/TBT/N/BDI/416 • G/TBT/N/KEN/1521 • G/TBT/N/RWA/951 • G/TBT/N/TZA/1051 • 
G/TBT/N/UGA/1866  
 
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  3. ISO 2859 -1, Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes — Part 1: Sampling 
schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot -by-lot inspection  
4. ISO 3801, Textiles — Woven fabrics — Determination of mass per unit length and 
mass per unit area  
5. ISO 12947 -1, Textiles — Determination of the abrasion resistance of fabrics by 
the Martindale method — Part 1: Martindale abrasion testing apparatus  
6. ISO 13934 -2, Textiles — Tensile properties of fabrics — Part 2: Determination of 
maximum force using the grab method  
7. ISO 13937 -1, Textiles — Tear properties of fabrics — Part 1: Determination of 
tear force using ballistic pendulum method (Elmendorf)  
8. ISO 13938 -2, Textiles — Bursting properties of fabri cs — Part 2: Pneumatic 
method for determination of bursting strength and bursting distension  
9. ISO 18890, Clothing — Standard method of garment measurement  
10. US 1970 -4: 2021, Textile garments — Specification — Part 4: Skirts and dresses  
9. Proposed date of ad option:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
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